MSc in Wedding and Luxury Event Planning
Course Overview
The MSc in Wedding and Luxury Event Planning at LSCAHM is a UK Level 7 postgraduate programme running one year full-time or two years part-time on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme reads weddings and luxury private events as their own commercial category — with dedicated attention to venue negotiation, high-net-worth client management, multicultural planning, security, guest logistics and creative production. Curriculum alignment references Association of Event Organisers, MPI UK & Ireland and Institute of Hospitality guidance.
By graduation, students have completed a research-informed dissertation on a live wedding-and-luxury-event challenge and are equipped to plan events at the highest end of the UK and international market under a named senior supervisor.
Key Features
- Curriculum mapped to AEO, MPI UK & Ireland and Institute of Hospitality guidance
- Case studies drawn from luxury London venues and country-estate weddings
- Client-management, discretion and NDA modules for high-net-worth work
- Cross-cultural wedding and event planning taught by practising planners
- Named dissertation supervisor drawn from senior UK wedding-industry practice
- Alumni network across UK planners, venues and hotel-based event teams
What You Will Learn
- Design luxury weddings and private events around client vision and budget
- Model complex event P&L, deposit schedules and supplier settlements
- Negotiate luxury venue, catering, floral and entertainment contracts
- Manage multicultural, multi-day and destination wedding programmes
- Coordinate discreet security, logistics and guest transport at high-value events
- Set sustainability and accessibility standards for luxury events
- Handle crisis, weather and client-change scenarios calmly
- Build a defensible research base on wedding and luxury-event outcomes
Who This Course Is For
- Wedding and event planners progressing to luxury-market specialism
- Venue-based coordinators moving into planner-side leadership
- Hospitality managers repositioning into private-event delivery
- Career changers with strong project-management and client-service backgrounds
Career Pathways
- Wedding Planner (luxury market)
- Event Manager (private and corporate events)
- Destination Marketing Manager (wedding destinations)
- Catering Manager (luxury private events)
- Hospitality Brand Manager (luxury venues)
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant (destination weddings)
- Founder, Wedding or Event Planning Business
The LSCAHM careers service connects MSc students with UK luxury planners, venues and private-event operators through annual industry-careers days.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a hospitality, event, tourism or business discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with five or more years of senior professional experience in weddings or luxury events are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London places luxury hotels, country-estate venues and the offices of leading UK planners within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes and an annual careers day let working planners complete the MSc without stepping away from live client projects.
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